Abstract: An antenna unit to be used by being installed so as to face window glass of a building, the antenna unit including a radiating element, a reflective member configured to reflect electromagnetic waves radiated from the radiating element toward outside of the building, and a support unit configured to removably support the reflective member. An antenna unit attachment method includes installing an antenna unit so as to face window glass for a building, the antenna unit having a radiating element and a support unit, and supporting a reflective member that reflects electromagnetic waves radiated from the radiating element by the support unit on an outdoor side relative to the radiating element.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a light emitter, a pixel section, and a signal processor which calculates distance information of a subject. The pixel section includes a photoelectric converter, first and second read-out gates, and a plurality of charge accumulators including a first charge accumulator and a second charge accumulator. The first read-out gate is activated in a first period and deactivated in a second period. The second read-out gate is activated in the first period and the second period. The signal processor calculates the distance information based on a total amount of signal charges accumulated in the charge accumulators in the first period and the second period and a difference between an amount of signal charges accumulated in the second charge accumulator in the first period and the second period and an amount of the signal charge accumulated in the first charge accumulator in the first period.

Abstract: This invention provides a laminate sheet with release film laminated to an adhesive face that is highly thermoformable and suitable for use in an application where after pre-thermoformed, the release film is removed and the adhesive face is applied to an adherend. Provided is a laminate sheet comprising a sheet of a PSA body as well as first and second films laminated on first and second faces of the PSA body. The second film comprises a resin film and a release layer provided at least to the PSA body side surface of the resin film while satisfying the following conditions: having a Young's modulus at 85° C. of 500 MPa or greater, and having a Young's modulus at 120° C. of 500 MPa or less.

Abstract: A functional member-attached glass window includes a glass window to be erected on a floor surface and having a glass plate, and a functional member having a surface area smaller than that of the glass plate and arranged at a position apart from and higher than the floor surface, wherein the functional member is pasted to the glass plate via a spacer and joined to the spacer with a fastening part.

Abstract: A spacer-attached antenna unit is to be attached, via the spacer, to a glass plate included in a glass window, wherein the antenna unit is configured to detachably attach to the glass window via a detachable member.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a light emitter that irradiates a subject with light; and a solid-state imaging device that includes pixel units each of which converts received light into a signal charge, and a signal processor that calculates distance information indicating a distance to the subject. When one or more of the pixel units receive reflected light which is the light irradiated by the light emitter and reflected by the subject, the signal processor (i) calculates the distance information for each of the pixel units by a time-of-flight (TOF) method that uses signal charges, each of the signal charges being the signal charge into which the received light is converted by each of the pixel units, and (ii) calculates, for each of one or more of the pixel units, variation information indicating an amount of variation regarding the distance indicated by the distance information.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a light emitter, a pixel section, and a signal processor which calculates distance information of a subject. The pixel section includes a photoelectric converter, first and second read-out gates, and a plurality of charge accumulators including a first charge accumulator and a second charge accumulator. The first read-out gate is activated in a first period and deactivated in a second period. The second read-out gate is activated in the first period and the second period. The signal processor calculates the distance information based on a total amount of signal charges accumulated in the charge accumulators in the first period and the second period and a difference between an amount of signal charges accumulated in the second charge accumulator in the first period and the second period and an amount of the signal charge accumulated in the first charge accumulator in the first period.

Abstract: An antenna unit to be used by being installed so as to face window glass of a building, the antenna unit including a radiating element, a reflective member configured to reflect electromagnetic waves radiated from the radiating element toward outside of the building, and a support unit configured to removably support the reflective member. An antenna unit attachment method includes installing an antenna unit so as to face window glass for a building, the antenna unit having a radiating element and a support unit, and supporting a reflective member that reflects electromagnetic waves radiated from the radiating element by the support unit on an outdoor side relative to the radiating element.

Abstract: Provided is a foldable display that is excellent in mass production applicability, and that is resistant to image distortion that can appear in the folding portion after the display is repeatedly folded, and also a mobile device equipped with such a foldable display. The foldable display includes a hard coating film on at least part of the front surface thereof, the hard coating film including a polyester film having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.65 to 1.0 dl/g as a substrate film; a hardened layer formed from a polyimide-based resin, the hardened layer having a thickness of 0.5 to 3.0 ?m; and a hard coating layer, wherein the hardened layer and the hard coating layer are present in this order at least on the front surface side of the substrate film.

Abstract: A functional member-attached glass window includes a glass window to be erected on a floor surface and having a glass plate, and a functional member having a surface area smaller than that of the glass plate and arranged at a position apart from and higher than the floor surface, wherein the functional member is pasted to the glass plate via a spacer and joined to the spacer with a fastening part.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for evaluating a protrusion-forming ability of cell spheroids, comprising step (a) of imaging a cell spheroid labeled with a fluorescent substance using a fluorescence microscope at a resolution capable of identifying individual cells, and acquiring a plane tomographic image of a fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent substance, step (b) of analyzing the plane tomographic image acquired in step (a) to determine a protrusion part of the cell spheroid, and step (c) of evaluating a protrusion-forming ability of the cell spheroid based on the protrusion part determined in step (b).

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for evaluating a protrusion-forming ability of cell spheroids, comprising step (a) of imaging a cell spheroid labeled with a fluorescent substance using a fluorescence microscope at a resolution capable of identifying individual cells, and acquiring a plane tomographic image of a fluorescence emitted from the fluorescent substance, step (b) of analyzing the plane tomographic image acquired in step (a) to determine a protrusion part of the cell spheroid, and step (c) of evaluating a protrusion-forming ability of the cell spheroid based on the protrusion part determined in step (b).

Abstract: In an image encoding device, a predicted pixel generator generates a predicted value for pixel data based on at least one of pixels adjacent to a pixel to be compressed. A quantization processor quantizes a difference value between the pixel data and the generated predicted value to a quantized value having a smaller number of bits than that of the pixel data to compress the pixel data to the quantized value. In a quantization width determiner, an edge determiner determines whether or not there are both a flat portion and an edge portion, based on a characteristic of the difference value in the group, and an edge pixel determiner determines whether each of pixels included in the group is a pixel in an edge portion or a pixel in a flat portion, based on the difference value, whereby a quantization width used in the quantization processor is determined.

Abstract: An image coding method includes: a predictive pixel generation step of generating a predictive value from at least one surrounding pixel located near a compression target pixel; a code conversion step of code-converting the pixel data to generate a Gray code; and quantizing bit change information (exclusive OR) between the generated Gray code and a Gray code of the predictive value to a quantization value, to compress the pixel data. This prevents significant image quality degradation, so that high image quality can be achieved.

Abstract: An image coding method includes: a predictive pixel generation step of generating a predictive value from at least one surrounding pixel located near a compression target pixel; a code conversion step of code-converting the pixel data to generate a Gray code; and quantizing bit change information (exclusive OR) between the generated Gray code and a Gray code of the predictive value to a quantization value, to compress the pixel data. This prevents significant image quality degradation, so that high image quality can be achieved.

Abstract: A brightness level detector detects a brightness level of the digital imaging signal for each of the plurality of pixels. A shading detector sets a group of pixel regions distant from each other in a horizontal direction in the imaging element and then detects whether or not shadings are generated in the analog imaging signal based on a difference between the brightness levels of the group of pixel regions. A timing adjuster adjusts a phase of a peak sample pulse for detecting a peak level of the analog imaging signal, a phase of a reference sample pulse for detecting a signal level used as a reference in the correlated double sampling executed when the digital imaging signal is generated and a phase of a horizontal transfer pulse in the imaging element based on outputs of the brightness level detector and the shading detector.

Abstract: Coding processing performed by an image coding device (100) includes: processing (S133) of performing coding by leaving surplus bit(s), when the digit number B of binary data of the difference value between (a) a value of a to-be-coded pixel and (b) a prediction value is smaller than the predetermined bit number M; and processing (S133) of performing coding by using the surplus bit(s), when the digit number B is greater than M and there are the surplus bit(s). Pieces of coded data each having a predetermined coding amount are generated, by performing processing for each of consecutive T pixels so as to perform the coding processing for each of U pixels among the consecutive T pixels (S136).

Abstract: A characteristic detecting unit detects characteristics of a digital imaged signal at every phase shift interval set in advance. A timing adjustment unit gives a phase adjustment instruction of a pulse so as to converge to an imaging phase in the digital imaged signal at which the characteristics are a predetermined value or within a predetermined range. A shift interval switching unit switches the phase shift interval according to photographing conditions of an imaging element.

Abstract: An image encoder is provided which receives pixel data of N bits, where N is a natural number, and in which a difference generator calculates a difference between a pixel to be encoded, and a predicted value generated based on at least one pixel located around the pixel to be encoded, a quantizer quantizes a value obtained by subtracting a first offset value from the prediction difference value, and an adder adds the quantized value and a second offset together. An encoded predicted value decider predicts, based on a signal level of the predicted value, an encoded predicted value which is a signal level of the predicted value after encoding. A result of addition of the quantized value and the second offset value is added to or subtracted from the encoded predicted value to obtain encoded data of M bits, where M is a natural number, and N>M.

Abstract: Coding processing performed by an image coding device (100) includes: processing (S133) of performing coding by leaving surplus bit(s), when the digit number B of binary data of the difference value between (a) a value of a to-be-coded pixel and (b) a prediction value is smaller than the predetermined bit number M; and processing (S133) of performing coding by using the surplus bit(s), when the digit number B is greater than M and there are the surplus bit(s). Pieces of coded data each having a predetermined coding amount are generated, by performing processing for each of consecutive T pixels so as to perform the coding processing for each of U pixels among the consecutive T pixels (S136).